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PART I: INTRODUCTION.
Ch 1: Ten Principles of Economics.
Ch 2: Thinking Like an Economist.
Ch 3: Interdependence and the Gains from Trade.
PART II: HOW MARKETS WORK.
Ch 4: The Market Forces of Supply and Demand.
Ch 5: Elasticity and Its Application.
Ch 6: Supply, Demand, and Government Policies.
PART III: MARKETS AND WELFARE.
Ch 7: Consumers, Producers, and the Efficiency of Markets.
Ch 8: Application: The Costs of Taxation.
Ch 9: Application: International Trade.
PART IV: THE ECONOMICS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
Ch 10: Externalities.
Ch 11: Public Goods and Common Resources.
PART V: FIRM BEHAVIOR AND THE ORGANIZATION OF INDUSTRY.
Ch 12: The Costs of Production.
Ch 13: Firms in Competitive Markets.
Ch 14: Monopoly.
PART VI: THE DATA OF MACROECONOMICS.
Ch 15: Measuring a Nation's Income.
Ch 16: Measuring the Cost of Living.
PART VII: THE REAL ECONOMY IN THE LONG RUN.
Ch 17: Production and Growth.
Ch 18: Saving, Investment, and the Financial System.
Ch 19: The Basic Tools of Finance.
Ch 20: Unemployment
PART VIII: MONEY AND PRICES IN THE LONG RUN.
Ch 21: The Monetary System.
Ch 22: Money Growth and Inflation.
PART IX: SHORT-RUN ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS.
Ch 23: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply.
Ch 24: The Influence of Monetary and Fiscal Policy on Aggregate Demand.
作者：N. Gregory Mankiw
現職：Harvard University